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Busan City and Busan Human Resources Development Institute announced in April that applications from 17 project teams at universities and specialized organizations operating in 7 kinds of industries had been received. Among these, five institutions in five industries were selected, with a briefing held on May 30th.
The five strategic industries include the ocean-related industry, the fusion machine materials industry, the culture creation industry, the bio-health industry and the knowledge infrastructure industry. The five selected project institutions and their specialized human resources fields are as follows: Tongmyong University (offshore plant industry); Busan National University (design of machine parts industry); Dongseo University (image and IT industries); Catholic University of Busan (health innovation field for the Busan medical tourism industry); and Youngsan University (marine tourism industry).
All five institutes will begin their human resource training in earnest next month, and they plan to develop 35 specialists in each field this year. Busan City will inject 270 million won into the start up for this project. The institutes will provide graduates and future graduates of universities in Busan with specialized training, and they will produce human resource specialists who are prepared to work in the field immediately.
The institutions will provide practical university education based on their understanding of the needs of industry, and they will improve courses of study to reinforce effective workforce skills development.